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Intense toothbrush debate erupts on Twitter, causes minty-fresh chaos

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Intense toothbrush debate erupts on Twitter, causes minty-fresh chaos
The single worst downfall of humanity: a simple toothbrush. Credit: Getty Images

In a dystopian future, ultra-violent scavenger gangs roam the arid landscape. Their vehicles are cobbled together from the husks of our now devastated civilisation, beasts of twisted metal, belching out smog. Splattered in red paint on each vehicular abomination is one of two slogans, signifying that gang's affiliation: Wet First, or Paste First?

SEE ALSO: This woman is cooking with her mouth and the internet isn't having it

Rewind to February 2018, and we see the genesis of this social division:

And thus it began.

It's too late to turn back. Welcome to the toothbrush war.

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